Last known WWI veteran dies at 110.

[robby]

Years ago, I met an old fellow who had served in WW1. He was with an American artillery unit, fighting in France, and he described to me how he used a team of horses to maneuver cannons through the thick mud. A different era, and now they are all gone.

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[robby.livejournal.com]

It's not widely known that there was widespread Nazi resistance to the Allied occupation of postwar Germany. My dad was a military policeman at Army headquarters, after the war, and these incidents were never made public.

[ccjohn.livejournal.com]

1946.

Tough job.

[robby.livejournal.com]

The war in Europe ended in May 1945, and I believe these incidents were later that same year. He, himself, was fired on after the war was officially over, and many, many similar instances were happening throughout occupied Germany.

[ccjohn.livejournal.com]

That is some story. Glad I never got drafted. Did you serve, yourself?

I don't know much about your family. Do you have brothers and sisters?